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They are also required to wear skirts or dresses until 5:00 PM on workdays. [91] In 2012 and 2013, some Mormon women participated in "Wear Pants to Church Day", in which they wore trousers to church instead of the customary dresses to encourage gender equality within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
It linked the wearing of men's skirts to youth movements and countercultural movements such as punk, grunge, and glam rock and to pop-music icons such as Boy George, Miyavi and Adrian Young. [43] Many male musicians have worn skirts and kilts both on and off stage. The wearing of skirts by men is also found in the goth subculture.
Examples of men's skirts and skirt-like garments from various cultures include: The fustanella is a full-pleated skirt worn by men in Albania and Greece and other parts of the Balkans. By the mid-20th century, it was relegated to ceremonial use and as period or traditional costume.
After all, women are under social pressure to look sexually desirable, which can sometimes conflict with the office pressure to look professional. A Why Working Women Should Wear Skirts Instead Of ...
Men wore trousers either as outer garments or beneath skirts, while it was unusual for adult women to wear their pants (termed sokgot) without a covering skirt. As in Europe, a wide variety of styles came to define regions, time periods and age and gender groups, from the unlined gouei to the padded sombaji .
IN FOCUS: Ellie Muir looks at the story behind one of the more surprising looks of the year
Gender-based dress codes may require women to wear cosmetics or forbid men from wearing them. In Jespersen v. Harrah's Operating Co. (2006), the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it was not sex discrimination for a casino in Nevada to fire a woman worker who choose not to wear makeup to work.
Why it's time to end the myth of "flattering" clothing, writes columnist Meghan De Maria. How fatphobia influences what fashions are considered 'flattering' — and why plus-size women are tired ...